contract could not operate to effect his eman cipation untill the
entire payment of the money4th
there is no evidence before the jury of any
act of any one of the successiveowners
of said JohnJohn MerryMerryJohn Merry , which can in law amount to
an emancipation of said John:

To the giving of which said instructions to the jury, the
plaintiff by his counsel objected; but the court overruled the
objection and gave said instructions to the jury.

The plaintiff by his counsel there proved the court to give to the jury
the following instruc tions, to cuit:

1st that if the jury believe from the evi dence, that John the plaintiff
was born in the now state of IllinoisIllinois, subsequent to the passage
of the ordinance passed by the congress of the United StatesUnited States
on the 13th day of July, 1787, for the
government of the Territory of the United StatesUnited States, Northwest of the
River OhioOhio that they ought to find for the plaintiff.

2nd If the jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff contracted
with Louis Pin coneau in the state of IllinoisIllinois, for his freedom
and was set at Liberty by said Pinconeau in pursuance of said
contract, that they ought to find for the plaintiff, unless
they also find that said plaintiff was not to be free till all the
purchase money to be - given by
said contract for his freedom was first to be
paid.

3rd That unless the jury believe from the
evi dence that John the plaintiff or some of his ma ternal
ancestors were held in slavery in
the now state of IllinoisIllinois before or at the time of the passage of
the ordinance passed by the -congress
of the United StatesUnited States on the 13th July
1787 for the government of the Territory of the United
StatesUnited States northwest of the River OhioOhio, by a French or Cannadian or
inhabitant or inhabitants

or other settler or settlers of the
Kaskaskias, St Vincents, or the neighboring villages
who processed him, her or themselves a
citizen or citizens of
the State of VirginiaState of Virginia at or previous to the passage of said ordinance,
that they ought to find for the plaintiff. To the giving of the said
instruc tions prayed prayed for by
said defendant and refusing to give to the jury the said instructions prayed for by the
plaintiff, and to all of saiddecisions of said court, the said to
paintiff by his counsel excepts, and praying the
courts that this his bill of
Exceptions may may be allowed, signed and
seated for a testimony, by the Judge, and be made
a part of the record in the proceedings of this cause, which is done
accordingly